Originally posted by Snake:
[quote]Originally posted by The Dr. who fixed Lucy:
[b] And don't a lot of these southern State Governors get electoral milage out of being good, God-fearing christians? If so, then what happened to the fundamental Biblical injunctions "thou shalt not kill" and "judge not, lest ye be judged". What is the death penalty, if not a judgment that a certain person should be killed?
I think the liberal Americans know in their hearts the truth, that the sooner the inhumane and logically, socialogically and morally dubious death penalty is abolished, along with the ridiculously archaic interpretation of the 2nd amendment that allows free gun ownership, the better.
If you're going to quote the Bible, you should also consider Gen. 9 (I think, I don't have a copy with me now), where it's written that the one who sheds a man's blood should, by man, have his blood shed. The commandment in Exodus 20 is about murder, period, not the death penalty, nor killing in war (see also Ecclesiastes, where there's even a "season" for killing, but not murder). [/b][/quote]When Jesus came, he rendered most of the laws with a new interpretation and went as far as contrasting His teachings with those of God during the six antitheses (Matthew 5:17 to Matthew 7:29). Not only that, but Jesus gave a new interpretation to the law on Matthew 22:36-40.
36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[b] 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[c] 40 ALL THE LAWS AND PROPHETS HANG ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS."
Of course Snake, I forgot you and your fellow Christians seem to forget this little passage and go straight to the Old Testament
